Menu-card and napkin holder



Feb. 17, 1925. 1527,02 4

A. J1 BROOKBANK KEN'U' CARD ANDI NAPKIN HOLDER Filed Feb. 27, 1924 2 sneexs snm 1 2 9 5 1 k 26 3 wuemto'a f ii) 1 I Gnu-m,

Feb. 17, 1925.

A. J. BROOKBANK uzuu cm: AND MPK'IN HOLDER 2 Sheets-sheet 2 Filed Feb. 2

35 34 ax IEI JZ anorncq 25 A.,third importantobject of the invention Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

u T DfiTei ammo-N -m- :BROOKBANK, 10F Humrmeron, .wnsr. :vzraemm.

2 i,- i iApplication filedEebruary T crZZ-fwizom may concern: v

Be itknown' that I, Al son J. 'BRooKnANK, a citizen of United States, residing at 'Hun- '2 =mmvmcnan AND NA'IBKIN HOLDER.

27, .1924. Serial No.. 695,473.

will be presentlyunderstood; lEXtending' up through the opening? 11* is the mainsecuring ,bo'l't' 12Jwl1ichhlds the card support'and ,tingl' D, lV. Va, have invented certain newj. napkin or flower vase together-,fltli lower and useful Improvements in Menu-Gard and Napkin Holders, of which; the following-is a specification. v This, invention relates to menu card and napkin holders for restaurants and hasjspe- 10 1 cial reference to-a combined ,device arranged to display plainly the menu cards'for-a restaurant on a. table-and at thegsame'time'to j end of this "belt" i s threaded and-screwed thereon is a 11111513? having-its 'upperpnd tapered to form a lowerfinneriball"race; "Thus ,nut1'3 also acts as aclamp nuton" the upper side of .the' hollow base- 10 while a second nut 14 and. washer- 15- -0a-,,t he-* lower end: of' the bolt 12 beneathth'ejtop tjhe hollowf base. fixes *bolt'firmly to i the suppoljt b u f th s l paper na gbase; The'npper 'en d offthe biilt. 12' is in v king The device may also be used, (lglike manner'threaded"andjs.providedwith '15 sire'd', as'a flower-stand. I 1

O important objec 'ofthe i v n i n: s P lThls PP 1" fl'% 1 j r fute-P r nut 16 similar to thenut l'gbut inverted .to himprolvejuw general Q9I Struction; of a' e l hji 'th i.wefbn i iuppe rile-Vice offthistcharacter. I i I 'A second important object of the invenf character wherein ,a single bolt is used to hold'thecard support in a freelyrevoluble u e all" 2 06, ba'lls ll beingilocatgsd' be manner and the napkinl'lolder-or flower vase fixedthereabove.

is to provide an improvedball bearing arnangement for; such a] device. ,1With the above; and other objects in view as will be hereinafter' apparent "the inven- 0 tion consists in general of certain novel details of construction and";combinations of parts hereinafter Zfully r d 'esc1 ibed,' illpstrats ed -in the accompanying dlnwi'ngsand specificallyclaimed. Y In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the complete device.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof. Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section, partly broken away and taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section on the line 4-4: of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail edge view of one of the card holders, illustrating in dotted lines the manner in which the card frames are inserted and removed, the view being taken in the direction of the arrows on the line 55 of Figure 2.

The invention, in the present embodiment, comprises a base 10 having a centrally disposed opening 11 therein, the base being hollow on its underside for purposes which nei-"ba'llrace; Surroundjngitiie bolt 12 be- }t'ween the; two nuts 1&and 16 aitubular -20 tionist o provide an impr 'k v o jt 1is.,-P st o pp 7Mar ta, i a hieli a tween the, respective inner and outenf ball j races. 1' With 'this'ifconstructibnadjustment bearings thus form edi At each; end of' the tube-lT-there is-p'r'ovided ail-outwardly ex a-ndia'ctsas a guardi'forfitlie tans: Secured to" each iof' the flanges 20 is an anntlarfpl a te 23, ordinary bolts 2 f being used for this purpose.

The plates 23 serve to support the card holding frames 25 and each of these card holding frames 25 consists of a U-shaped rod, the terminals of which are split and rabbeted to fit over the respective plate 23, being held thereon by the bolts 24 and also by bolts 26. On each of the horizontal legs of these frames there is provided a card frame clip which consists of a thin plate of metal so bent to U-shape as to provide an arcuate body portion 27, which fits on the respective horizontal leg of the frame 25 and has extending therefrom edge portions 28 and 29, the latter being of greater width than the forn'ler as can clearly be seen in Figure 4. The card frames consist of rectangular metal frames the sides and bottoms of which are channel-shaped as indicated at 30 in Figure 4, while the top consists of a pair of spaced sides 31 so that a card 32 and cover plates 33 of celluloid or other thin transparent material may be slipped in and out of the frame at will. These frames are of such size that the top and bottom of each frame engages between the upper and lower clips 27 and in order to insert or withdraw a frame it is merely necessary to tilt the respective clip as shown in the dotted line position in Figure 5 thus freeing the card frame from the supporting frame 25.

On top of the nut 16 there is provided a washer 34 above which is a lock nut 35. Screwed on the upper end of the bolt12 above the. nut 35 are confronting nuts 36 each cooperating with a washer 37 to clamp the bottom plate 38 of an inverted frustoconical napkin or flower holder 39, the bolt 12 passes through said bottom for the purpose. This flower holder has a skirt ex tending downwardly so as to surround the upper nuts locked between the top of the tube 17 and said bottom and thus conceal them from view.

It will be seen by this construction the; holder: 39 is held on the top of the bolt and that by removing the upper nut 36 the holder, 39. may belifted off the bolt and then by removing the lower nut 36 and the fvnuts 35 and 16 the entire device maybe disassembled. It will also be seen that the holder 39 constitutes a vase.

There has thus been provided a simple and eificie'nt device of the kind described and for the purpose specified. 7 It is obvious that minor changes may be rnade-inzthe form and construction offlthe.v invention without departing from the materialspirit thereof. It is not, therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is I elaimi 1 1. The combination with 5. as; of a bolt;

having its lower end secured to said base and extending upwardly-therefrom, spaced inner ball races screwed on said bolt above said base, a tubular support surrounding said boltbetween said ball races and having inwardly projecting'fianges at its ends, said flanges constituting outer ball races co-opcrating with said innerballfjraces, balls between the "respective co-operating races, external flanges at the ends of said tubular support, an annular plate carried by each of said flanges, and U-sh'aped frames havinnerball races screwed on said bolt above said base, a tubular-supportsurrounding said bolt-between saidballraces and hav ing inwardly'projecting fian'ge s' at its ends, saidfianges constituting'outer ballraces cooperating witlp said "inner ball r a'ces, Iballs between the respective j co-operating races,

vradial j c ard supporting frames carried by said support, and "a means 'remov'a'bly mounted onthe upper endof saidboltand card supportingaf fame,having lupper and lower .Inembers, substantiallyU-fshiiped} clips surrounding said members in (confronting relation .'and' movabl therearouhd, and a cardframe having its top and "bottom por- .tions engaged between respective clips.

I I testimony whereof I afiixmy'signature ADRON J. snoo rnamr;

:In a dev ce ofthe',kindf described, 

